OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Los Angeles to Omaha

1,330 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAX–OMA arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 525 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights525

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline51%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 4 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LAX → OMA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 76% to 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 547 flights
  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 498 flights
  • Afternoons84% on time · p90 30 min · 147 flights · limited
  • Evenings76% on time · p90 70 min · 158 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 89% on time.

  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 10 min · 205 flights
  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 167 flights · limited
  • Thursdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 183 flights · limited
  • Sundays87% on time · p90 15 min · 191 flights · limited
  • Fridays85% on time · p90 20 min · 198 flights · limited
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 30 min · 191 flights · limited
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 215 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.